The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-15
$50 HORSES BURN TO DEATH.
BR0oxLYN car STA BLEs AND a DEPOT
IN RUINS.


BROOKLYN oar STABLES AND a DEPOT
IN RUINS
TIE Tetal Less Nesr,v a. 90, 00o-Tho Third
Stable Fire or Witch President Hiehars.
son has been . victin-The Prospect Park
and Csney leland Depot Licked VI.
The Vanderbilt avenue car stables owned
BY the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company,
and the depot Of the Prospect Park and Coney
Island Railroad Company, adjoining. both
situated on the block In Ninth avenue between
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, Brooklyn,
were burned down last evening, with their
contents which included $50 horses, belonging
to the former company. The conHagration
was the most brilliant and furious which had
occurred In Brooklyn In several years. and, the
stables being on the most elevated ground In
Gowanus, 1t was visible far beyond the limits
of the city.
The flames were swept BY strong east wind,
and they licked UP several small buildings
close by as II they had been finder. Nearly all
the available engines OF the Fire Department
were early ct the scene. but owing to the ele-
walton Of the ground, the water supply was
very moderate. and hardly auy Impression was
made on the fire. which In less than twenty
minutes had extended over the vast building.
30 intense was the heat that two engines had
to be deserted at one time. and considerable
quantity Of hose was burned up. There WAS
no loss OF life, and. 80 far could be learned.
no one was injured. The stables which werO
Of brick and two stories high. extended 200
feet on Ninth avenue and 1875 feet back. The
depot OF the Prospect Park and Coney Island
Railroad was back Of the stables, on the Twen-
tieth street side. and the offices OF this COM
pany were at the corner of Twenti tn street
and Ninth avenue. All these buildings were
rsssbt in SIa b M Apdsw cost cqss a.
run in Inc conneciion viii the Geney island road
sess soia to The s
road and became a part Of the System OF the
81 ss e
o'clock ~ Policeman Bennett Of the Fifth ave
the grating on the Twentieth street side Of the
some Of the employees e i; ran to the box at
Nineteenth street and Ninth avenue and sent
and 70 FOUND that during his bref absence the
threatsnins that 10 returned 70 Tie box and q
employed in the stables had found that the
fire was ip room in the southeast corner Of
gas engine. The engine had not been In opera
e aa
been In the room for that length Of time. An
effort was made to smother the fire. but It
almost smothered By the dense hay smoke
which poured out IN all dlEeetonss ard they
second door, in Which 10 horses were stabbed
with the intention Of resculng them.
Hes sa"s had aEssa
stalls. A few of them had broken their halters.
and were dashing Up and down in terror Their
Rron9s Sa The street TSe g @ We're soon
obliged to desert their work, warned. Of APP
pSans Sp y tn Ss
II. s5sss Sa u.s.
hsd to tbr be LEFT to their Ssan ate Mean
about sa O'clock h saw i. would BE- imp9s 81
limits as possible. In less than half an hour the
and eapn qs into TIE Height 81
800 feet. large portion OF Greenwood Cenie-
Ty a1d na e5 a
%oSas u, v shs iii RRs aiPsas s, SiasS
50 So. intense that the fircmen ~ wore driven
back q distance OF nearly a block, and for
Waite avenue and licked up the three frame
buildings on the opposite side OF the street.
could make any attempt to save their property.
and In a few minutes sweeping the buildings
Even the telegraph poles within a couple OF
hundred lset 81 the stn , were soon IN
q snS hi
shared the fate OF the Ninth avenue houses,
and in few minutes only smoking embers told
The depot Of the Coney Island Railroad.
which J.. was all Of To9d WIS burned W before
the engines and all the rolling stock, with the
exception OF three old cars; had been safely re-
1oo q dSy The ssd n WIZ SSs hs
higher altitude, and scattering embers over
al blocks. One by one the walls melted under
the intense heat, and at O'clock only the
Soon after this Chief Engineer SeVins directed
his men 70 stop pouring water on TIE burning
moving them saved.
Until midnight the mass OF debris was burn
was no danger OF the fire. communicating with
any Of the prrSoPPeIrty close /; by; =, .,o ,,,
tic Avenue Railroad Company was in Montague
street when the fire broke out. and las soon as
ne Learned is r hs ne nar , TO fhe
two years the burning down OF one OF his OK
tensive stables. Beyond the tact that the fire
little could be learned OF its origin, The gas
engine had ceased to operate. and there was
no light or fire In the room. Ii is conjectured
that the fire may have been started BY drop
ping u lighted match in the cellar through
the street grating. or by some careles-ness
on the part Of an employee. There Is also a
suspicion Of ineendiarsm,, but SO far as could
stantiate 1t. Mr.. Richardson himself regards
i as,very strange, that the burning down Of
rapid succession. but he admits that he has
n.thi1g tanGibe on which to base charge Of
incendiarlsm. Fire Marshal benjamin L. Lewis
said that after careful Investigation he WAS
unable to account, for the origin OF the
Which Would Justify m IN 6S L
was the work of an incendiary. The two
previous fires, he said. to which Mr.. Richard
counted for. President Culver of the Prospect
Park and Coney Island road was also on hand
to witness the destruction of his property. He
was very much pleased to find that nearly all
tho rolling stock had been removed to winter
quarters ut Coney Island, and that his loss
would BIO comparatively slight.